[quote="greenoaks"]why does Shandong start with 2 instead of 3 ?[/quote]i didn't want to let somone start with that bonus, so i made it neutral, and if i would make it 1 army then it would have been to easy to get and if i would make it 3 then i did get complains about an easy border ;)

I agree with you, in that I have learnt from my mistake - it is one that I will not make again.

However, I have to admit my confusion was partly due to the impassables seperating regions (ie green/blue)... I was trying to work out how the green region was interconnected, and assumed that the river was passable, as it wasn't designated otherwise.

I'm sure I cannot be the only person who has made this mistake; and it has partially put me off the map. I just feel that it's a case of making a good first impression; and my first impression in this instance is not so good.

There are no issues about lack of space to fit an extra line of text on the legend, so I can see no real reason why this could not be added to the map. You said that the impassables aren't that confusing, but they confused me enough to alter the way I deployed in the first 2 rounds of my game - and a small part of me now wants to suicide the game, as I feel backed into a corner...

There are no issues about lack of space to fit an extra line of text on the legend, so I can see no real reason why this could not be added to the map. You said that the impassables aren't that confusing, but they confused me enough to alter the way I deployed in the first 2 rounds of my game - and a small part of me now wants to suicide the game, as I feel backed into a corner...

um, there are... if i would make the text smaller in the legend it won't be easy to read on the small map, and since 75% of the people who play here play on the small map...

if you look good you can see bridges, so you should think why are they there, otherwise what would be the reason of me putting in the bridges and a big river, i would have made a small river without bridges

Hm, perhaps look into making a quick version of what it would like adding the river as impassable to the legend? You have a little extra space on the left side of the legend, (perhaps make it even distance in relation to the bottom edge).

You could eliminate "of china" from the text: "The Great Wall" and add a little River image and the text: "Rivers" afterwards.

Even though you have bridges, I think the addition could do a lot of help and good.

Sorry to not mention this during the process, but I noticed that there are two adjacent territories that have very similar names: Shanxi and Shaanxi. Can anyone think of a different (but still accurate) name for either territory? It would prevent a lot of misdeployments.Love the map wisse

pepperonibread wrote:Sorry to not mention this during the process, but I noticed that there are two adjacent territories that have very similar names: Shanxi and Shaanxi. Can anyone think of a different (but still accurate) name for either territory? It would prevent a lot of misdeployments.Love the map wisse

what about henan and hunan, hubei and hebei those seems similair too, if someone would have better names tell me otherwise i can't change it

Indeed, that is somewhat problematic--I was attacking one when I thought I was actually attacking the other! But some of it comes down to reading the map better--but of course, if there is an alternate name...that'd be nice too.

AndyDufresne wrote:Indeed, that is somewhat problematic--I was attacking one when I thought I was actually attacking the other! But some of it comes down to reading the map better--but of course, if there is an alternate name...that'd be nice too.

--Andy

The difference in a name by an extra 'a' isn't enough in my view... I misforted there the other day - I'm just glad it was unlimited forts.

AndyDufresne wrote:Indeed, that is somewhat problematic--I was attacking one when I thought I was actually attacking the other! But some of it comes down to reading the map better--but of course, if there is an alternate name...that'd be nice too.

--Andy

The difference in a name by an extra 'a' isn't enough in my view... I misforted there the other day - I'm just glad it was unlimited forts.